The government has allocated as much as 600 billion rials (more than $20 million at official exchange rate) for the preservation of natural resources in the current Iranian year (started March 21…
Domestic Economy
As per the decision of the Ministry of Industries, Mines and Trade, all items of clothing available in the market should have barcodes, said a member of the Iran Textile Exporters and…
Iran is home to one million carpet weavers, 700,000 of whom are career weavers, according to the caretaker of Iran National Carpet Center, Hamid Kargar. “Our country sees the making of three…
In a meeting with the Armenian Ambassador to Iran Artashes Tumanyan, Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Ali Tayyebnia called for expanding economic cooperation between the two countries.
In a meeting between Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi and French Minister of Housing and Territorial Equality Sylvia Pinel on Wednesday, the two sides discussed cooperation…
Afghanistan’s second vice president Mahmoud Saikal visited developmental projects in Chabahar Free Trade and Industrial Zone in the southern Sistan-Baluchestan Province on Wednesday. He was…
The government plans to implement the “Farming Beyond Borders Project” for cultivating water-intensive crops, according to vice president for executive affairs, Mohammad Shariatmadari.
“As…
Imports from Turkey indicate a general decline during the first five months of 2015, according to Secretary-General of Iran-Turkey Chamber of Commerce Seyyed Jalal Ebrahimi. As ISNA reported, the…
Scientists at the National Research Center of Saline Water Aquatics in Yazd Province have managed to harvest farmed caviar in the heart of desert in Bafq County, IRNA reported. The research center…
Rice imports show a teetering trend oscillating between 1.1 and 2 million tons over the past four years (2011-15), according to Iran Rice Importers Association. Since domestic rice production…
Gross domestic product in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2015) reached 2,031 trillion rials ($70 billion at official exchange rate) at prices using the Iranian year 1383 (March 2004-05) as…
A trade conference between Iran and Russia will be held in Moscow on June 25, the Russian Oil and Gas News Agency reported on Tuesday.
The bill to establish Sistan Free Trade Zone in Sistan-Baluchestan Province has been ratified by the working group of the High Council of Iran Free Trade-Industrial Zone, said Seyyed Mohammad…
In a meeting with Russia’s trade envoy in Iran, the caretaker of Iran National Carpet Center called for the removal of obstacles in the way of exporting Persian carpets to the neighboring…
Although the western sanctions imposed against Iran over its nuclear energy program have adversely affected the economy, internal obstacles are to blame for the larger part of economic stagnation…
Managing director of Chabahar Free Trade-Industrial Zone, Hamed Ali Mobaraki, on Tuesday encouraged Emirati investments in the FTZ.
Referring to time-honored ties between Iran and the…
Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi said Iran needs to buy 400 passenger planes worth about $20 billion over the next 10 years, speaking on the sidelines of the International…
The government will allocate 600 billion rials (more than $20 million at official exchange rate) for sampling and supervising the quality of domestically-produced commodities in the market, said…
The government plans to purchase 7.7 million tons of wheat in excess by the end of the current Iranian year (March 19, 2016), according to deputy minister of agriculture jihad, Ali Qanbari.
Deputy minister of roads and urban development, Hamed Mazaherian, says a new “Comprehensive Housing Plan” will be implemented within the next 12 years with the aim of providing home to low-income…
The northeastern Khorasan Razavi Province accounts for 70 percent of Iran’s egg production, according to deputy agriculture minister, Jafar Hajimojtahed.
Many predict that Iran’s economy is poised for a significant growth no matter what the outcome of the ongoing nuclear negotiations between the country and the P5+1 group (the five permanent…
Increasing import tariffs on commodities listed in the preferential trade agreement with Turkey could give rise to smuggling, secretary of Iran-Turkey Commercial Cooperation Council, Seyyed Jalal…
Developing the area surrounding Imam Khomeini International Airport to create an airport city has been on the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development’s agenda as part of the objectives outlined in…
In an aquaculture project between Iran and France, the first marine fish reproduction center is to be launched on Qeshm Island under the auspices of Iran Fisheries Organization affiliated to the…
